情人眼里出西施

情人眼裡出西施
qíngrén yǎnlǐ chū Xīshī
proverb

Meanings

  1. 1 beauty is in the eye of the beholder
  2. 2 in a lover's eyes, the beloved is as beautiful as Xi Shi

Examples

HSK 4
Qíngrén yǎnlǐ chū Xīshī, zài tā kànlái, nǚpéngyou shì shìjiè shàng zuì měi de rén.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: to him, his girlfriend is the most beautiful person in the world.
HSK 7-9
Péngyoumen dōu juéde tā nánpéngyou zhǎng de hěn yìbān, kě tā búzàihu, zhēnshì qíngrén yǎnlǐ chū Xīshī.
Her friends all think her boyfriend is plain-looking, but she doesn't care. Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder.

Tips

culture
西施 was a legendary beauty of the state of Yue in the Spring and Autumn period, one of the Four Beauties of ancient China (四大美女). A Qing collection of sayings already calls this line a common folk saying.

Stroke Order

情 qíng
人 rén
眼 yǎn
里 lǐ
出 chū
西 xī
施 shī